Posted on January 11, 2017 by Jennifer Fermino in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Jennifer Fermino The city is getting the homeless out of shelters and into long-term housing at far greater rates under Mayor de Blasio — but so many people are coming into the system that its numbers are still at record highs, according to a new report. The good-news-bad-news report from the Coalition for the Homeless being released Thursday finds the primary factor driving up the crisis is a lack of affordable housing, as well as an increase in families fleeing domestic violence.
